Guidelines for Modifying Surface Approximation Settings

If you intend to modify the surface approximation settings for an object face or faces, keep the following guidelines in mind:

• When necessary, override the default surface approximation settings to represent curved surfaces more accurately. More accurate representation will increase the mesh size and consume more CPU time and memory. The default settings are adequate for most circumstances.
• If you want to obtain a faster solution by using a cruder representation of curved surfaces, set the coarser setting for the whole object, not just a single face.
• It is difficult to satisfy aspect ratio demands if the aspect ratio value is set close to 1 because an arbitrary shape cannot be filled with only equilateral triangles. Therefore, setting the aspect ratio to 1 can lead to unreasonably large meshes. The aspect ratio is limited to 4 for planar objects and 1.2 for curved objects.